307 – Cleaning House
The King is dead. Long live the King. Eadwig, the 18 year old King known for his beauty, had died. Somehow. The post 307 – Cleaning House first appeared on The British History Podcast.
8 Mars 201926min
306 – King Eadwig
The King is dead, long live the King. So … last episode was a bit of a shocker wasn’t it? After it launched, I got an email from a listener (who hilariously, is the daughter of a Judge that once scare...
1 Mars 201931min
305 – A Very Special BHP Valentine’s Day Episode
History is known as a field for being a bit of a slog. Tracing events, and people, and social movements through decades and centuries is a huge task and the results are usually dense at the best of ti...
14 Feb 201916min
304 – A Kingdom Divided
Northumbria was always the hot mess of the heptarchy. There are a few exceptions where they manage to pull it together long enough to produce something important, like Bede, or when Leeds United won t...
12 Feb 201934min
303 – Eric Bloodaxe
We can probably assume that Harald Fairhair, the King of Norway, had fantastic hair. It was either big, or really long, or super glossy, and it was almost definitely blonde. But it wasn’t the only tra...
1 Feb 201924min
302 – King Eadred
Ok, where were we? With all this focus on culture, it’s been a little bit since we last talked about the political situation in Britain. So lets remind ourselves of where things were politically. The...
25 Jan 201921min
Chapter Eight – Twilight of the Anglo Saxons
This isn’t going to end well. The post Chapter Eight – Twilight of the Anglo Saxons first appeared on The British History Podcast.
17 Jan 20193min
301 – Common Folk
Today, we’re going to wrap up this cultural series with a focus on my favorite group of people. The people who rarely, if ever, get talked about. The commoners. The post 301 – Common Folk first appea...
11 Jan 201926min
